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I make it a rule to have one of our own carts and carmen
engaged on these works, from whom we expect a certain
amount of work, thus forming a standard which the hired men
are kept up to.
The Principal Carriageway Paving Works executed during
the year by our own Staff are as follows:—
Stamford
Street.
The Carriageway of this Street, from the boundary at
Broadwall to Blackfriars Road, has been paved with new
yellow deal paving blocks, Sin. by Bin. by 9in. in size, not
creosoted; the existing concrete foundation was floated over
with an additional thickness of Portland cement concrete
mixed in the proportion of 4 parts of ballast to 1 of cement,
thus giving an increased roundness to the roadway which was
formerly too flat in section, and consequently retained mud
and water on its surface in wot weather. The blocks wore cut
from good sound timber specially selected, free from sap, and
clearly cut, and were laid with quarter-inch joints and were
grouted in with Portland cement. A small portion of the
Carriageway at the Blackfriars Road end has boon laid with
the wood blocks placed close together without any joint, as an
experiment, which seems to answer well. The area paved
measures about 3,100 yards superficial, and nearly 130,000
now blocks were used; the work was executed in eighteen
working days. The wood paving which before existed was
laid by Messrs. Mowlem & Co. in 1885.
Southwark
Bridge Road.
A small portion of the Carriageway paving of this street at
our boundary was relaid with new wood blocks, and the old
concrete foundation floated with Portland cement in order to
give a better rounding; the area paved was about 230 yards,
and nearly 10,000 blocks were used.
Union Street
and Rod
Cross Street
A portion of the Carriageway of this thoroughfare was
paved with wood paving in 1883 by Messrs. Carey, 4in. Keyed
blocks wore laid on a foundation of ballast, this has now been
removed and a foundation of Portland cement concrete formed,
on which new 3in. by Gin. by 9in. yellow deal blocks were
paved. The area paved was about 641 yards, and the number
of new blocks laid were 25,900.
Southwark
Bridge Road.
A portion of the Carriageway in this road between Union
Street and the Water Company's Offices was relaid with redressed
granite pitching; an area of about 1615 yards. The
whole of the Footway on the East side from Southwark Street
to the parish boundary, with the exception of a small portion
at the Triangle, was laid with new 2½in. tooled York paving;
the Curb was also redressed and refixed. The quantity of new
York laid was 3686 feet super., and curb redressed and refixed,
500 feet run.